HAMILTON CITY &GT;&GT; Glenn County detectives are "aggressively" investigating the death of a man whose badly burned body was found Saturday in an orchard.

The Glenn County Sheriff's Office's detectives have been poring over missing person cases, but there have been none that appear to be related, Sheriff Larry Jones said Monday. Detectives have also gone through the crime scene with metal detectors.

The body was found east of Highway 45 and north of County Road 22, about a mile south of Hamilton City, at around 4:10 p.m. Saturday by a worker on the Billiou Ranch, according to a press release from the Glenn County Sheriff's Office.

Workers of the privatively-owned ranch were planting a new orchard Saturday afternoon, when one of the employees walked deep into a part of an existing orchard and found the body, Jones said. It is not believed that the victim was associated with the ranch.

The body is said to be a male adult, but the age or race of the victim are yet to be determined.

An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday and detectives will be present, the sheriff said. The pathologist will take an x-ray of the body to determine if there are any foreign objects, such as projectiles, or if there are stab wounds or other indications of what lead to the man's death.

The fire damaged the body and it hinders the Sheriff's Office greatly, but detectives, with help from the California Department of Justice, are working "actively and aggressively" to solve the case.

The Sheriff's Office is also working to establish where the death occurred.

Jones is asking that anyone who may have witnessed activity in the area call the Sheriffs' Office.

At some point, there had to have been "pretty good flames that were burning," he said. The leaves of the trees in the immediate area were burned.

The Sheriff's Office is asking anyone who may have seen smoke, fire, headlights or anything out of the ordinary to call detective Kelly Knight at 934-6721, or to call the GCSO secret witness line at 934-6627.

So far, no one has come forward with information, but Jones hopes that as word spreads of the case, people will come forward.

The Sheriff's Office has also alerted other law enforcement agencies about the case.

"Anything that can be done, will be done," Jones said.

This is the third homicide where a body was dumped in the area, Jones said. This case appears to be unrelated, but it's alarming to the community.